White Rock | ||||
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Studio album by Rick Wakeman | ||||
Released | 1977 | |||
Recorded | January–September 1976 | |||
Studio | CBS Studios, Wembley, London | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 34:52 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | Rick Wakeman | |||
Rick Wakeman chronology | ||||
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White Rock is a soundtrack album from the English keyboardist Rick Wakeman, released in 1977 by A&M Records. It was produced as the soundtrack to White Rock, a 1977 documentary film about the 1976 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria. In 1999, Wakeman released a sequel soundtrack, White Rock II.
Wakeman had forgotten about a track he had been asked to compose, titled "After the Ball". Instead of confessing to the producers that he had forgot to write something, he said he had a composition ready and proceeded to play a completely improvised track. The first take was a success, without the need to record a second take. "After the Ball" has become part of Wakeman's repertoire, featured on several future albums and videos.
"Ice Run" uses parts of "Anne of Cleves", a track from Wakeman's first album, The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973). The comparison can be made by listening to "Anne of Cleves" at 00:48 and "Ice Run" at 3:29.